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What is Puberty? When your body begins to develop
and change Your body will grow faster than any
other time in your life( except when you were a babybaby)
Everybody goes through it, at different times
Time to Change The brain releases a special hormone
that starts the change in puberty The hormone is gonadotropin- releasing
hormone Gonadotropin reaches the pituitary
gland (sits under the brain)
Male Hormones In boys, the hormone that causes most
of the changes in the body during puberty is TESTOSTERONE!
Female Hormone In girls, the hormone that causes a
girl’s body to mature and prepares her for pregnancy is ESTROGENESTROGEN
When does puberty start???? Puberty usually starts some time
between the ages of 8 8 and 1313 in girlsgirls and 1010 and 15 15 in boysboys. Some people start puberty a bit
earlierearlier or laterlater (everyone is different)
Delayed Puberty
DelayedDelayed puberty is when people pass this age
range without showing signs of body changes
A boy or girl may find that his or her
parent, brothers, sisters, aunt, or uncle
may also have developed later than normal
These teens will eventually develop normally, just later than most of their peers
Chronic illnesses such as diabetesdiabetes, kidney kidney diseasedisease, or asthmaasthma may cause some to go through puberty at an older age These illness can make it harder for their
bodies to grow and develop
Someone who is malnourishedmalnourished (not eating enough food or without the proper nutrients) may develop later
Growth SpurtGrowth Spurt Your body is growing and it is happening
really fast This will last about 2-32-3 years Some people will grow 44 or more inches
in one year! This is the lastlast time your body grows
taller
Taking Shape In addition to getting taller, you will gain
weightweight causing changes in your overall shapeshape
What happens to boys? ShouldersShoulders will grow widerwider in boys and
their bodies will become more muscularmuscular Boys’ voicesvoices become deeper In some boys, the breastsbreasts may grow a little
bit (goes away at the end of puberty) Their penispenis will lengthen and become
wider and their testicles (testes) will get bigger
What happens to girls?? Bodies become curvier curvier Gain weight in the hipships Their breastsbreasts start to develop (sometimes
one breast might develop more quicklyquickly than the other) Most of the time the breasts even out
Girls will notices an increase in body fatbody fat (gaining this weight is normal and expected)
Secondary Sex Characteristics One of the first signs of puberty is hairhair
growing where it didn’t grow before.
Both girls and boys begin to grow hair under their arms arms and in their pubicpubic areas (on and around the genitals)
The hair starts out looking light and sparse
Secondary Sex Characteristics Continued…
As puberty continues, the hair becomes longerlonger, thickerthicker, and darkerdarker
Eventually, guys also start to grow hair on their facesfaces
Speaking of Faces… Another thing that comes with puberty is
acneacne (pimplespimples)
PimplesPimples are triggered by hormoneshormones
They usually start at the beginningbeginning of puberty and can stick around during adolescence (the teenage years)
Faces Continued… You may notice pimples on your faceface, your
upper backback, or your upper chestchest
The good news about pimples is that it usually gets better or disappears disappears by the end of adolescence
There’s More Boys will begin to get erections where the
penis fills with bloodblood and becomes hard Erections may happen for nono reasonreason at all
Boys may also experience nocturnal nocturnal emissionsemissions (wet dreams) These wet dreams occur when the penis
becomes erect while the boy is sleepingsleeping and he ejaculatesejaculates
EjaculationEjaculation is when semensemen comes out of the penispenis
SemenSemen is a fluid that contains spermsperm
Wet dreams become lessless frequent as boys process through puberty
Boys will also notice that their voicesvoices may “crack” and eventually get deeper
Change can feel kind of strange While your body is adjusting to
hormones, so is your mindmind
During puberty, you might feel confusedconfused or have strange emotionsemotions that you never experienced before
You may feel anxiousanxious about how your changing body looks (overly sensitive or upset)
Some lose their tempertemper more than usual and get angryangry at their friends or family
Putting the P.U. In Puberty Teens notice that they have a new smell smell
under their armsarms and elsewhere on their bodies, and it’s not a pretty one!
That smell is bodybody odorodor and everyone gets it!
During puberty, hormones affect glands in your skin, making chemicalschemicals that smell bad